11Theory and applications of ground penetrating radar method

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Hesham El-Kaliouby is a Professor of Geophysics at the National Research Center in Egypt at the Geophysical Sciences Department. El-Kaliouby was an assistant professor at the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman (2012–2016). He also worked as a consultant in geophysics for the Saudi Geological Survey, Saudi Arabia (2011–2012) and a senior research associate at Lancaster University, UK (2009–2011). Prior to this he was an associate professor at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (2005–2009). El-Kaliouby also worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the University of Arizona (2002–2004).

His research interests involve electric and electromagnetic methods for geologic, mining, hydrogeologic, engineering and environmental applications. He also is interested in forward and inverse modeling techniques and the electrical properties of rocks on lab and field scales. He published many papers in top tier Journals and conferences. He also act as reviewer for many top ranked Journals. El-Kaliouby is an Active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). He joined SEG in 1985 as a student member. He served as the faculty adviser of Sultan Qaboos University SEG student chapter (2012–2016).

El-Kaliouby was selected as the first European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) student lecturer for Africa in 2017 through the Student Lecture Tour )SLT) program and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Honorary Lecturer for the Middle East and Africa in 2019.

El-Kaliouby received special recognition award in 2019 from the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) and Elsevier publisher for his efforts in spreading the awareness in Egyptian universities and research centers about the new trends in Geophysics and the applications of Geofacets in Earth Sciences.

El-Kaliouby holds a bachelor‘s (honor) degree (1987) and master‘s degree (1995) in Geophysics, both from Cairo University, Egypt. He received his PhD in Geophysics (2001) from Cairo University through a joint channel program with the University of Arizona (USA).